Administering Pilot Test Administering Pre-Test and Post-Test Conducting the treatment

32 Nella Faidatun,2013 The Effectiveness Of Suggestopedia In Teaching Reading Comprehension Of Narrative Text Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu comprehension ability in the narrative text. After the post-test, the students in the experimental group were given the questionnaire in order to know the response toward the use of suggestopedia during their learning process. 3.3 Research Procedure 3.3.1 Organizing Teaching Procedure In this study, the researcher performed as teacher in both experimental and control group. As the preparation of the learning process, the researcher prepared two things such as, the materials and media for teaching and learning process, and the lesson plan for both experimental and control group.

3.3.2 Administering Pilot Test

The researcher conducted the pilot test in order to know the validity and reliability of the test. It was important to be conducted in order to know the quality of the test whether the test is appropriate or not to be used and as the reflection in making some revisions of the test items.

3.3.3 Administering Pre-Test and Post-Test

Pre-test was conducted to both experimental and control group. It was conducted to know the initial ability of the students especially in their comprehension skills of narrative text. The score between two groups was expected relatively similar to each other so that it could be assumed that the improvement of their score was the treatment. Post-test was conducted to know the improvement of the student’s score, it can be said that there was the change between the score in pre-test and post-test. Besides, it was to know that whether or not there was a significant difference between experimental and control group.

3.3.4 Conducting the treatment

The treatments were conducted after the pre-test was administered. It was given only to the experimental group in which during the teaching and learning 33 Nella Faidatun,2013 The Effectiveness Of Suggestopedia In Teaching Reading Comprehension Of Narrative Text Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu process the method used was the suggestopedia. It does not mean that the control group did not get any treatments, but during the teching and learning process the control group was treated by conventional method. The treatments were conducted in four meetings. Table 3.2 Day Date Activity Experimental Group Control Group Tues 20-Aug-13 Pilot test Conducting instrument test to 40 students Fri 23-Augl-13 Pre test Pre test Mon 26-Aug -13 Introduction of Suggestopedia Teaching method, Class preparation - Tues 27-Aug -13 Treatment 1 : Presentation, Active Concert, Passive Concert, Practice games and story telling Babu and the Lion Modeling of reading text, asking and answering, playing games, reading exercise Babu and the Lion Wed 28-Aug -13 Treatment 2 : Presentation, Active Concert, Passive Concert, Practice games and role playing Jack and the Beanstalk Modeling of reading text, asking and answering, playing games, reading exercise Jack and the Beanstalk Thur 29-Aug -13 Treatment 3 : Presentation, Active Concert, Passive Concert, Practice Modeling of reading text, asking and answering, playing games and role, reading 34 Nella Faidatun,2013 The Effectiveness Of Suggestopedia In Teaching Reading Comprehension Of Narrative Text Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu games and role playing Goldilocks and the Three Bears exercise Goldilocks and the Three Bears Fri 30-Aug-13 Treatment 4 : Presentation, Active Concert, Passive Concert, Practice games The Smartest Parrot Modeling of reading text, asking and answering, playing games, reading exercise The Smartest Parrot Mon 2-Sep-13 Post test, Celebration Award- giving, Reflection and Evaluation, Questionnaire Post test, Celebration Award- giving, Reflection and Evaluation

3.3.5 Distributing Questionnaire